Comments on: Will more companies halt SAP projects?

By: What’s the real trend in failed SAP projects? - SAP Watch

What’s the real trend in failed SAP projects? - SAP Watch — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:29:10 +0000

[...] often joke that anything that happens three times signals a trend. So when you consider Select Comfort’s announcement last month that it was halting its SAP ERP implementation as part of a cost cutting measure, it would seem SAP is one step away from being blamed for [...]

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crm companies — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:07:54 +0000

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Good post. I am looking into these issues on my blog.

By: liger

liger — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:07:36 +0000

hey

everything dynamic and very positively

By: chineseman

chineseman — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:09:01 +0000

hey

disagree

By: AlexanderGreat

AlexanderGreat — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:28:06 +0000

wonderful

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:36:58 +0000

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Although I understand the gist of what you are trying to say, there are still a few points that I need further clarification on.

By: Eric Kimberling

Eric Kimberling — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:19:42 +0000

Good post. It’s unfortunate, but sometimes it takes a bad economy in order for companies to rationalize their investments in ERP and other technologies. Even in good times, companies like Select Comfort, Hershey, etc. shouldn’t be implementing SAP if they can’t stay on time, on budget, and deliver measurable business benefits to the organization. Hopefully the trend toward demanding a rational return on investment in ERP technology will last long after the recession ends.

Eric Kimberling
Panorama Consulting Group www.panorama-consulting.com

By: Me, Enterprise Consulting » Select Comfort’s stalled SAP install grabs an awful lot of attention

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:30:33 +0000

[...] So, it probably isn’t fair to say query “[w]ill more companies halt SAP projects?” While I’m keenly aware that you shouldn’t rely fully on a company spokesperson, her words quoted in Computerworld are relevant here: ”We fully recognize these are truly critical times for our customers … [but] what we’re seeing is this is not a trend. SAP projects are continuing to go forward,” she said. “Our experience is that even in this macro environment, companies are standing firm.” [...]

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business implementation strategy — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 05:33:21 +0000

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By: Peter K

Peter K — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:45:40 +0000

It is not only that SAP projects are stopped or delayed. If you look at the example at hand, you see that basically the complete company would run under SAP: SAP ERP, CRM, SCM, PLM, SRM, HCM, SEM, BI and enterprise portal: sales, production, purchase, human capital, enterprise management, reporting. However, as customers in Germany recently found out, this can be an expensive undertaking or at least it is difficult to calculate.

The main reason of complains in the last weeks was, that these companies, with a turnover between 1 and 10 billion Euro, had done exactly the same: build the IT completely on SAP. As most IT related people know, such an architecture can not be changed over night. A replacement would take years and cost millions. So what do you do ? -> You sign the new maintenance contract if you can not afford a frozen system !

That was what the trouble in Germany was about, as reported by these customers in Düsseldor